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John Fox Jr.

Born December 16, 1862 · Stony Point, Kentucky, USA

Died July 8, 1919 · aged 56

No biography available.

Known For

The Trail of the Lonesome PineThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine · 1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
★ 6.51936
MovieAdventureDrama
A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
Heart o' the HillsHeart o' the Hills · 1919
Heart o' the Hills
★ 6.31919
MovieDramaRomance
Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom ComeThe Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come · 1920
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
★ 10.01920
MovieWarDrama
An orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from Morgan's raiders. He learns his real identity when he returns after the war.
The Trail of the Lonesome PineThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine · 1916
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1916
MovieDrama
Jack Hale, a revenue agent, is sent into the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to track down illegal alcohol producers.
The Trail of the Lonesome PineThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine · 1923
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
★ 8.01923
MovieDrama
June Tolliver is a Kentucky mountain girl whose family is feuding with the Falins. But their differences are temporarily put on hold when revenue officer John Hale (Antonio Moreno) comes around. He falls in love with June and sends her to the city to get an education. When she returns and the feud breaks out once again, June tries to become a peacemaker between the two families.
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom ComeThe Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come · 1928
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
★ 9.01928
MovieDrama
An orphan (Richard Barthelmess) is adopted by Major Buford (Claude Gillingwater) is educated in Lexington and joins the Union Army as a Captain. He rediscovers his childhood sweetheart (Molly O' Day) and after his adopted father dies in the civil war, he gives up his inheritance in Kentucky for the girl he loves and moves back to be to his real birthplace to be with her. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is a lost 1928 silent film drama directed by Alfred Santell and starring Richard Barthelmess. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. The film is a remake of a 1920 Goldwyn Pictures film with the same title starring Jack Pickford, also lost.
The Sporting LoverThe Sporting Lover · 1926
The Sporting Lover
★ 8.01926
MovieDramaRomance
Captain Terrance Connaughton loses his stable of horses in a card game with Algernon Cravens.
A Cumberland RomanceA Cumberland Romance · 1920
A Cumberland Romance
★ 8.01920
MovieDrama
When Easter Hicks, a Kentucky mountain girl, becomes infatuated with Clayton, a civil engineer from the city, her father Pap Hicks vows to kill Clayton. Sherd Raines, a young mountaineer who loves Easter, prevails upon Pap to reconsider, but Sherd is finally overcome by jealousy and begins to mold a bullet to kill his rival. As he prepares the mold, Sherd hears a preacher's voice denounce him for his evil intentions and he spills the hot metal.

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